Honing-support for razor-blades.



F. A. NEIDER. HONINIG SUPPORT-FOR RAZOR BLADES. APPLICATION rum) 1330.30, 1911.

1,054,361 Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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UNITED STATE I IENT OFFICE.

FRED A. NEIDER, or AUGUS'TA, KENTUCKY.

HONING-SUPPOBT FOR RAZOR-BLADES.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRED A. NEIDER, a citizen of the United States of America, and

- resident of Augusta, county of Bracken, and

State of Kentucky, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Honing- Supports for Razor-Blades, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention relates to honing supports for razor blades and has for an object to producea support which is simple and cheap shown in connection with two safety razor blades which are in place in it. Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively top and bottom plan views of the apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 4:is a sectional view along line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

One of the principal features of my invention is to provide a honing support for razors, and particularly for safety razor blades, which will support. the flexible blades throughout their entire length and will hold them at a proper angle to the honing surface during the honing operation. accomplished by providing a support which is capable of receiving two blades and of simultaneously presenting them to the honing surface. I

The device illustrated as an embodiment of.my invention consists of a plate 5, which is provided near each lateral edge with means for holding a razor blade, and is so formed that one edge of each blade may be simultaneously presented to the hone and be held in the proper posit-ion for honing. The device is preferably so arranged that only the edges of the blade, supported by it, contact with the honing surface during the honing operation- It is, however, so for-med that a single blade may be honed at a time and will be heldin the proper position on a the hone.

L As illustrated, the device consists of a thin but rigid metal plate, bent in any suit- 'able manner along a line midway between Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 30, 1911. Serial No. 668,644.

This is- Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

hold the blade in the proper position during the honing operation.

Any suitable means may be employed for securing the blades in place on the support. The means herein illustrated for securing each blade to the plate 5 consists of a-tongue 6 and lugs 7, all of which are stamped from the metal of the plate. The lugs 7 are so located, that they will engage the apertures usually 'provided in safety razor blades, when the blade is in place on the holder and will thereby prevent the blade from moving relatively to the holder. The lugs are preferably so positioned, that the razor bladeis held so that one of its cutting edges is substantially flush with one lateral edge of the plate. The tongue 6 is adapted to clamp or hold the blade into engagement with the lugs and also to hold it flat against the lower face of one lateral portion of the plate, so that it is supported throughout its entire length by the relatively stiff plate.

Each tongue is struck up from the metal of.

the'plate, and is so bent that its lower edge 8 extends slightly below 'the plane of the lower face of the portion of the plate from which it is struck, so that I it normally stands ina position for receiving one cutting edge of the blade, and operates to yieldingly hold the blade against the adjacent face of the support. The spring action of the tongue can be varied by varyingthe length and width of the tongue, and its posltion, relatively to the lugs 7, may also be varied, if desired. .1 find it most convenient to locate the" tongue midway between the lugs 7 and so that its lower or free edge 8'is located a little above the line of the lugs 7 which cooperate with it. With this arrangement, the tongue engages the central-portion of the blade secured in place by it, and also simplifies the operation of locking a blade in place on the holder.

In locking a blade on the holder, the blade is preferably held by its end edges'between the thumb and finger and is bent transversely a small amount, so that the intermediate portion of 'one of its cutting. edges can be introduced betweenthe free edge 8 of the tongue 6 and the adjacent surface of the plate, while its ends are held clear of the lugs 7 After the edge of the blade has been introduced under the tongue 6, the blade is moved to'such a position relatively to the holder, that itsend apertures will engage the lugs 7. The bladeis then released and allowed to flatten out, due, to its derstood that 1n honing a razor-blade,

port,

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own resilience, so that it lies flat against the adjacent surface of the support. I find it convenient to cut away each end of the plate 5, as indicated at 9, so that the ends I of the blades project beyond the ends of the plate, and are easily accessible during the operation of mounting a blade on the supor of removing it from the support.

After two blades 10 have been secured to the support in the manner above described, the support-'s located on a honing surface, so that the lower cutting edges of the blades engage the honing surface, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Both blades may then be honed simultaneously by sliding the support along the honing surface.

The operation of removing the blades is very simple. It consists in gripping the end ofthe blade, to be removed, between the thumb and forefinger, bending the blade so as to lift its of the lugs 7 and then withdrawing-its edge end apertures free from engagement with the tongue 6, while the blade is held in the slightly distorted position. As soon as the edge of the blade is withdrawn from the tongue 6, the blade is entirely free of the support. 1

. A single blade may be honed with the support, by reason of the fact that the support is so formed that its lateral edges are flush with the edges of the blades in place on it. This construction is also advanta- Tgeous, since the relatively thin and flexible blade is supported .clear up 'to its cutting edge, and, consequently itis,not subjected to any bending strains during the honing operation, and there is no tendency'for it to bend, in case the honing support is held too firmly against the bone Another advantage of this construction, is that the blades always occupy the same angular position with relation to the honing surface, and, consequently the amount of the honing necessary is reduced to a minimum. It has been found by experience that by using a devi e embodyingmy invention, the blades may be kept in excellent condition by periodically passing them over the hone, a few times, and the honing operation, is materially simplified. It will, of course, be ulnt e blade is turned over on thesupport, so that each'side of each cutting edge is subjected to the honing operation.

While the best results are obtained by forming the-blade holder as illustrated,'that is, so that its lateral edges are flush with the edges of the blades during the honing operation, the construction may be varied, so that the blades project a desired amount beyond the lateral edges of the holder, and, as has been said, various means may be emloyecl for securing the blades in place on the holder. While I have shown the support formed on a plate which is capable of being bent or pressed to the proper contour, it will be understood that any other means may be employed which will provide blade supporting portions, so arranged that the blades will extend at an angle to each other. The device may also be so constructed that it may be employed in honing blades ofdiiferent sizes and'kinds, but it is more particularly adapted for use with flexible blades which need support throughout their lengths.

Various other changes, modifications and substitutions may be made, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is: I

1. A honing support consisting of two plate-like members meeting each other, at an obtuse angle and held rigidly at such angle to each other, blade-supporting means upon each plate-like member and adapted to hold a blade upon each outer edge of the blade projecting beyond the outer edge of such member.

2. A honing support consisting of a plate bent along a transverse line at an obtuse angle so that the lateral edges of the-plate are adapted to support it upon a flat surface, and blade-supporting means upon the underside of the plate and adapted to hold blades upon the underside of the plate with the edge of a blade projecting beyond each lateralv edge of the plate. r I

3. A honing support consisting of a plate bent at an obtuse angle along a line midway between its lateral edges, blade-supporting means upon the underside of the plate and consisting of lugs and tongues struck from the metal f the plate and adapted to hold a blade up n each side of said line and with an edge of a blade projecting beyond each lateral edge of the plate. 1

Y I FRED, A. NEIDER. Witnesses: v

'WILL A. FIELD, EDWIN C. TOLEMAN.

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